The jury -- six men and six women -- will begin deliberations this morning.

Yesterday, Ming and Mach joined victims' friends and relatives in an overflowing King County Superior Courtroom to hear closing arguments, wrapping up a trial that began Jan. 2.

Deputy prosecutor Steve Fogg told jurors that on the morning of Nov. 3, 1999, Cruz turned the "office building into a killing field and then a morgue" -- and went to considerable lengths to cover his tracks.

He said Cruz obscured his face with sunglasses, a hat and long hair for the 10:30 a.m. shooting, and then ditched a backpack containing the murder weapon as he fled. He then showed up at his former boss's Seattle office around noon, Fogg told jurors, to make sure someone saw him that day.

Prosecutors say Cruz had his long hair cut within hours, and then bought car insurance so he could get a driver's license depicting his new clean-cut look.

The next day, Fogg told jurors, Cruz tracked down an old friend and conveniently mentioned that his backpack had been stolen. Prosecutors contend that he was trying to scrape together a story.

But one of Cruz's friends told jurors that two guns were stolen from his house in 1998 and he suspected Cruz.

One of the guns was used in the shooting, and police say they found the other in Cruz's bedroom.

Fogg said Cruz's DNA was found on the murder weapon's holster, and a bullet bearing unique markings from the gun was found in Cruz's room.

He also pointed out that three witnesses -- including the two survivors -- identified Cruz.

Prosecutors contend that Cruz resented people at the shipyard, particularly the two men who were slain, and that he grew even more bitter when an insurance investigator concluded that he was faking an on-the-job injury.

"When the defendant's scam was revealed, that caused him to feel even more rage, more humiliation and more shame," Fogg said.

"He blamed the Northlake Shipyard."

But Cruz's lawyer, Eric Lindell, said Cruz had gotten another job and gotten on with his life.

He disputed that Cruz had any lingering hostility toward the shipyard or its workers.

"Kevin knew the insurance company handled this (injury) claim, and he knew the shipyard didn't have a thing to do with it," Lindell said.

He pointed out that the witnesses who testified that Cruz looked like the gunman were unable to identify his picture right after the shooting, suggesting they were influenced by pictures of Cruz in the media.

Cruz's lawyers told jurors the evidence was mishandled and even suggested police misconduct by questioning how the incriminating bullet ended up in Cruz's room.

Lindell also noted that whoever did the shooting would have realized that he'd left two survivors who might be able to identify him. Fear would probably prompt the shooter to leave town, he said, "and that's probably what he did."

Cruz continued to live with his mother in SeaTac until his arrest in January 2000.